GOOD NEWS! There is a class action lawsuit being prepared as we speak. It''s about time that Sony pays up for a terrible product.

Sony does not care that they are losing a lifetime (18 yr) customer. They are in denial regarding this manufacturing defect

The cost of the parts alone to repair this chronic problem is $150. Give me a freaking break. I''ll replace this unit with anything but Sony. I''ll never spend another dollar on a Sony product.

Color me as yet another ANGRY and FRUSTRATED soon-to-be ex-sony customer. I''ve read hundreds of negative reviews on this product. It is as if these people live in my home and know exactly what I have experienced. First, lots of skipping and freezing. Then "NO DISC" readings. My DVD''s are immaculate. This is a manufacturing defect. I spoke with an authorized service center in Lawrence, KS. They advised me that this was a design flaw (inadequate cooling). If you own one that works, get some pc fans blowing into the top of the unit and it might survive.

The neat blue screen with the Sony logo still comes on to remind me of the company that I''m never doing business with again.

It doesn''t play discs at all.

It is always nice to find a club to belong to. Count me in with the 400+ rest of you who got the c13:00 message and then "no disc" I had my machine for 18 months before its untimely death. See you at the class action suit party.

None - it does not work.

It is junk.

Add me to the c:1300 error list. I bought the machine in August 2000. I''ve had a few intermittent errors all along but it died totally on Christmas day of 2001 (16 months). I''m trying to contact Sony.

Decent picture while it worked. One of the better remotes on the market for this price range.

When it''s dead, it''s dead! Changes the view of formerly loyal Sony buyers.

I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but this unit has changed the way I view Sony. I own the Sony 53HS10 HDTV Monitor (which I am still happy with) and the DVP 360, which was to be a starter unit that was going to be moved to bedroom duty after I saved up for a progressive scan player. I was thinking about the 9000ES, but now I’ll never buy a Sony electronics product again. Approximately one year after purchase, I started getting the c13:00 error. One month to the day after the first error message, the "no disc" message appeared. Now I can’t even play a CD! Of course, no solutions were available from the Sony CSR’s. I echo the statements on this forum to start a class action suit. If anyone knows of a class-action lawyer out there looking to make a name for themselves by suing one of the largest corporations around (along with making a little $ on the way), I’ll gladly add my name to the list.

Keeps paperwork from falling off my computer desk.

Retractable cupholder only works when unit is plugged into the wall.

I wrote up this POS a while ago, and I thought I''d post an update. While I am still able to play single-layer dvd''s and cd''s, it still chokes on all my dual-layer discs. After running calibration after calibration, I finally gave up yesterday and pulled it from the rack. (*plays taps*) I assume 95% of the readers here will be looking for a suitable replacement very soon. Allow me to suggest the Panasonic DVD-RA60. Circuit City has it for $199, Best Buy lists it at $229. The RA60 doesn''t have progressive scan, but I don''t plan on upgrading to a digital tv anytime soon, so what do I care about progressive scan? The feature that is important to me is DVD-Audio capability (which also requires a compatible receiver though). DVD-Audio should turn Sony''s SACD into the next Minidisc. As for the compatible receiver, how about Consumer Reports'' Best Value picks, the Technics SA-DX 950 or 1050? They run for $150 to $230. There are better receivers out there, but certainly not for the price. I''ve gotten exceptional performance out of every other Technics brand equipment I own, from tape deck, to single cd player, to 61-cd changer, to pro-logic receiver. Panasonic and Technics are both owned by the same parent company, so hopefully that is a good sign. In light of all this, I am going to write a "Thank You" note to Sony, for making such a cruddy DVD player. Thanks to them, I got all this new neat home theater gear from Technics! Never p_ss off an audio buff. You will lose their business forever!

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they obviously did a good job of selling this unit judging by the number of post

poor design, picture quality

I''ve had two of these now and they both broke within a year. I returned the 1st one now the replacement is broke. 1st one got no disk error on any disk second plays a movie 3/4 of the way through and starts skipping in the last 1/4 of the movie so its unplayable. It would have been a ify unit even if it didnt have break-down problems.

sleak,nice remote although a bit big,

bad design,cooling problems unit gets too hot causing trouble,not a good sony prouduct in my book PS2 does better on playing dvds!

ok ok well i have had my share of trouble with this prouduct.C 13''s no disk and freezing in movies nearing the end!but i have used this prouduct for 8 months before 1st problems started,about 500 hours of playtime.then i seem to have fixed all problems with it except the noisey drive!i would not have bought this knowing i had to redesign it...but aany way the cheap fix is put 3 inch blocks of wood under each leg to promote better airflow coolingbottom does not get hot anymore..i did that for about 3 months and had flawless preformance 2. witch is what i eventually did was install 2 4 inch pc fans on either side of the drive blowing down from top cover held in by a prouduct called jb weld no screw marks that way!and now i have it sitting normally on my entertainment center working flawlessly about 1200 hours of use since then!!!

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Picture, Sound

None, no slow motion feature...

I can''t believe how bad people are panning this player!! All I can say is that mine has played GREAT for more than a year. It has great picture and sound through my Yamaha RXV995 and Boston Acoustics 950''s. I bought mine towards the end of 2000, I think it was released around then. My kids watch movies on it ALL day EVERY day, and no problems! I mean, they can watch Shrek or Toy Story 5 times in one day, or at least it''s playing the living room. I have never had any problems, thankfully, but would not recommend getting one anymore! I just wanted to put it out there that the early productions may have been better than the later ones.

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None....

Quality is good when it works

C:13 errors repeatedly

Unit was working OK for about a year. I experienced some ocassional "skips" but I figured that it was just a characteristic of DVD players. Then I started getting the dreaded "C:13" errors. Now I cannot even watch some of my disks. I even placed a brand new DVD in the unit and still got the C:13! Sony should take responsibility for this issue. If there is a class action on the horizon, count me in!

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